Craig M. Brooks
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Three Gateway Center, 401 Liberty Ave., 22nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
About Craig M. Brooks
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Litigation
Education
- Duke University School of Law, Durham, North CarolinaJ.D.
- Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaB.S.
- Honors: cum laude
Representative Cases
- Successfully avoided lawsuits against employers through effective communications in discipline and termination letters to employees on behalf of small and large employers.
- Obtained summary judgment dismissals of employment discrimination lawsuits for employers.
- Obtained favorable change for employers in Pennsylvania employment discrimination law on behalf of a Fortune 500 corporation.
- Obtained trial verdict for and award of attorneys' fees to public utility employer in employment discrimination lawsuit.
- High victory rate in labor arbitrations for public utilities, multi-national corporations and small privately held businesses.
- Successful labor contract negotiations for various businesses facing tough economic or organizational challenges.
- Prevailed in union elections on behalf of manufacturers.
- Prevailed on behalf of defense contractor in NLRB unit clarification petition filed by union seeking to represent employees in newly created job that contained duties from an existing union job.
- Prevailed on behalf of employer, including in appeals to the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Courts, strengthening employment at-will protections for employers based on particular pre-hire notices given employee.
- Successfully avoided lawsuits against employers through effective communications in discipline and termination letters to employees on behalf of small and large employers.
- Obtained summary judgment dismissals of employment discrimination lawsuits for employers.
- Obtained favorable change for employers in Pennsylvania employment discrimination law on behalf of a Fortune 500 corporation.
- Obtained trial verdict for and award of attorneys' fees to public utility employer in employment discrimination lawsuit.
- High victory rate in labor arbitrations for public utilities, multi-national corporations and small privately held businesses.
- Successful labor contract negotiations for various businesses facing tough economic or organizational challenges.
- Prevailed in union elections on behalf of manufacturers.
- Prevailed on behalf of defense contractor in NLRB unit clarification petition filed by union seeking to represent employees in newly created job that contained duties from an existing union job.
- Prevailed on behalf of employer, including in appeals to the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Courts, strengthening employment at-will protections for employers based on particular pre-hire notices given employee.
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- Allegheny County Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section) (Member)
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Business Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Constitutional Law, Construction, Copyrights, Financial, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Patent, Personal Injury, Toxic Mold, Trademarks, Wrongful Death
- Senior AssociateBusiness Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Constitutional Law, Construction, Copyrights, Financial, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Patent, Personal Injury, Toxic Mold, Trademarks, Wrongful Death
- Litigation
Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
- Litigation
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